Tiscali Users

[Rob]

Your line speed:

28936.2 Kbps

3546.1 K bytes/sec

From a different server, located in Telehouse Docklands (London)

[marky]

Your line speed:

4080 Kbps

500 K bytes/sec



Just tried it from a server at work

so is it slow for 156k

[andy]

I get

Your line speed:

535.4 Kbps

65.6 K bytes/sec

with Pipex

[sammy]

so is it slow for 156k

Mines same marky, but changes slightly every time I try. Mines a 156k broadband modem so thats what I should be getting. If internets quiet I get slightly more.

[marky]

TODAY Your line speed:

136 Kbps

16.7 K bytes/sec

[gemini]

TODAY Your line speed:

136 Kbps

16.7 K bytes/sec

TODAY
Your line speed:

667.8 Kbps

81.8 K bytes/sec

[marky]

TODAY
Your line speed:

667.8 Kbps

81.8 K bytes/sec

POSER

[da SLUG man]

POSER

yeah but he didn't tell you he's using 1M not 512K!! hehehe!

[gemini]

yeah but he didn't tell you he's using 1M not 512K!! hehehe!

i'd be cancelling it if it was no, its 600 ntl broadband

[gemini]

POSER

consistent though

Your line speed:

657 Kbps

80.5 K bytes/sec

[onlynik]

I like the speed

Your line speed:

1695.1 Kbps

207.7 K bytes/sec

[marky]

Your line speed:

150.9 Kbps

18.5 K bytes/sec

[marky]

Fyi

I got this reply from TISCALI today chaps
Thank you for contacting Tiscali Customer Support.

We suggest that you can check the speed of your internet connection for which the link is given below and perform the following tests:

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp

or

http://www.btopenworld.com/speedtest

Both provide reliable measures for diagnosing a slow connection. Whenever performing these tests please make a note of the results and the time of day the test was carried out. These may be useful for diagnosis of the problem later.

Also, you can try tweaking the maximum transmission unit (MTU) setting on the PC. The MTU is a setting on the PC which specifies the maximum packet size your PC can send / receive at a time.

The recommended MTU size is 1458 bytes. There is a tool that can be downloaded to ensure that these recommendations are adhered to:

To download the Network Optimizer go to http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dload/ and click on the ?MTU tweak tool? button. Download and install the tool. This will configure the MTU setting to 1458 bytes.

[Gizmo]

Glad I found out about Tiscali from my fathers friend as I was about to go with them. He asked me to see if I could get him connected (seeing i'm in IT Field..yawn:yawn). Tested his connection to a Mobile phone through Hyperterminal [succesful] and then tried tiscali connection...wouldn't provide the handshake with their server so the guy contacted their Helpdesk (maybe outsourced to India I believe) and had loads of b/s from them. I talked to them and they didn't know half the stuff they claimed to know and eventually the guy cancelled his subscription

[Cmar]

Your line speed:

1136.5 Kbps

139.3 K bytes/sec

In work...!